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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Masafumi Okubo, Kyoto, JP;
Tomonori Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A broadcast receiving apparatus capable of playing back, with another apparatus, a broadcast content item and a communication content item in synchronization with each other is a broadcast receiving apparatus that receives a broadcast content item to be broadcast, and includes: a first information obtaining unit configured to obtain synchronization information for playing back, in synchronization with playback of the broadcast content item, a communication content item to be distributed through communication other than broadcasting; an information notifying unit configured to notify a playback apparatus that plays back the communication content item of the synchronization information; and a broadcast receiving and playback unit configured to receive and play back the broadcast content item.